BASIC STUDY ON IMPROVEMENT OF ADHESION OF WHEEL-RAIL INTERFACE USING PLASMA EMISSION

Studies were initiated around 1970 to investigate increasing the adhesion coefficient and securing its stability by plasma radiation (radiation of electrically charged particles). Studies which were previously conducted investigated the macroscopic effects of plasma radiation and did not cover such areas as the effects of plasma radiation in relation to differences in the surface conditions of the rails, and the changes and characteristics of the adhesion effect that occur with the passage of time. The present work focuses on a basic study of the adhesion effect achieved through plasma radiation applied to different kinds of rail surface conditions and examines the adhesion mechanism and other factors that develop after plasma radiation.

• Corporate Authors:

  JAPANESE NATIONAL RAILWAYS

  TOKYO,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • IWAMOTO, M
  • Tomizawa, M
  • Deguchi, S
• Publication Date: 1975

Language

• Japanese

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 128-131
• Serial:
  • Journal of Railway Engineering Research
  • Volume: 32
  • Issue Number: 4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adhesion; Car wheels (Railroads); Coefficients; Plasma arc cutting; Railhead; Railroad rails; Wheels
• Old TRIS Terms: Adhesion coefficient; Plasma torch
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00172931
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 29 1978 12:00AM